William Schachter grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland and is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with a concentration on cello. He completed his graduate work at the University of Maryland and the Peabody Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Schachter's many years of conducting includes area band and orchestra festivals,
Arlington Echo Music Camp and the Bryn Mawr Music Camp. He has guest conducted all county groups throughout the state of Maryland.
Mr. Schachter is also very active as an adjudicator at the county and state level in both solo and ensemble festivals and band and
orchestra festivals. In 1996 Mr. Schachter was named to that year's edition of "Who's Who Among American Teachers".
Mr. Schachter
retired after 31 years in Anne Arundel Co. and he is currently teaching strings at Thomas Pullen Arts Focus School in Prince Georges
County. His groups have received numerous "superior" ratings on the county, state and national levels. Mr. Schachter is a member the
American String Teacher's Association, the National School Orchestra Association, The Music Educator's National Conference, The Maryland
Band Director's Association, and the Maryland Orchestra Director's Association.
When not playing golf, Mr. Schachter likes to spend
his free time composing and arranging. His music has been performed at many elementary and secondary schools, at the District Band
and Orchestra Festival, and at the Maryland State Orchestra Festival. In 1996 Mr. Schachter was commissioned to compose a piece for
the Carroll County All-County Middle School Orchestra.
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